mrbeige
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I found these guys really good VW Sanburn Autos Unit 4, Rowleys Green Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire CV6 6AN Tel: 02476664101
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Swapped the black interior into my C. Also took the black cover off the knackered drivers seat and fitted to the grey one that was in the C. All I need now is a right hand side bolster material section from someone, and it'll be done. Quite pleased with the look so far, looks loads better in black! :D
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I might Micheal Elphick (Boon) in a restaurant in Portugal when I was over there on holiday nearly 20 years ago!
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Any petrol car post 93 must have a CAT on it for emmissions reasons. It will not pass an MOT without it, unless you have a friendly MOT person! Mine didn't pass, so I put the CAT back on (for the MOT!).
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Front seats changed for black ones Boot install finished Front bushes, spring caps, geometry Remove head, refit stem seals and new guides, and refit Clay bar, polish/wax
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kongo127, to be fair, if I had left the Microwave oven open, he would get in it! He gets in the tumble dryer too!! Sorry[schild=1 fontcolor=000000 shadowcolor=C0C0C0 shieldshadow=1]Off Topic ![/schild]
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Those wheels do look good 8)
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I'm changing mine in the next few weeks, so I'll let you know! Could the clucnking be coming from the tie rods (correct name?) at the ends of the anti roll bars?
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Fitted the rear seats now, but still need the brackety bit and also the bit of carpet that goes under the centre armrest too..... As can be seen from this thread!
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Mine was poor contact on the reservoir cap switch thingy!
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If that is the case then they might well have been out of tolerance then.
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Is this lateral movement less than 1mm?
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Plastic insert?????? I didn't see no plastic insert! Probably squased them out of shape too. They were a bugger to get on...really tight..oo er :lol: Probably fecked the seals then. Any idea how much Stealth would charge to replace guides and fit new seals? Just a ball park figure would be good, so I know how much alcohol I need to drink tonight....:drinking:
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B1tch :lol: Well there was some play in the guides, and I think it sounds like the stem seals weren't fitted properly by me! Oh well, might be a time for a new car! (Probably not worth a lot as it stands!) Seriously though, I'll check all the none cost options first, crankcase breather etc, but I think the above is the most probable. I certainly wont do the same again (better not say that had I!)
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That does seem very feasible, especially as it was ok, and then all of a sudden it started smoking again! Plus its started running badly again which I guess could be caused by the oil getting into the cylinder whilst running. I did, last Monday, but everything was ok then! The cylinder bores seemed to be fine, no step in there. Not sure on the compression, maybe I should check that!
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No need dude. What's your job that you've been made redundent from?
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I'll have a look, I know when I changed the head that this pipe was really oily inside!
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I guess the valve stem clearance is the gap between the guide and the valve stem? Novice here didn't check that, but there was a bit of lateral play in the valves! Carleena my fiance recons I should just take it to Stealth! Stealth aren't in today, but what would it likely cost me to get someone to strip the engine, replace the guides and refit the head?
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Do I just take it to Stealth? Getting annoyed at my inability to sort things out myself. Getting to the point of selling the bugger!
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It using oil too! It's been ok until this week? I don't get it. Phil, How do I check the crankcase breather? Where is it, and what does it look like? Cheers
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Started my Corrado this morning...it struggled to start and a big puff of blue smoke out the back again... I've only just changed the bloody valve stem seals and recon'd the head! Serves me right for not doing the valve guides I guess. I hate this bloody car....it does my f'kin head in. You fix something and everything is hunky dory then the same thing happens again! You do you all suggest I do?
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Showing some love, Corradowales style?? Looking for the VW badge that fell off the front of the Passat?
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Does it have difficulty starting when left overnight? And do you get a puff of blue smoke on start up?
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Bugger.... Time to create a "wanted" thread I think!
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I like...but £200 better spent on something else at the mo...